Over the years, many people have asked me why I gave up a lucrative job in oil exploration to work for environmental organizations. I tell them as a Geologist I felt it was my role to make the earth a better place, not an inhospitable planet. Truthfully, the closer I got to CEOs in Big Oil the more disgusted I became.

It wasn’t that I didn’t try to convince heads of some giant oil companies to act more responsibly and sustainably. I met with the leaders of Union Oil of Calif., Texaco/Chevron, Tenneco Oil, and even the infamous Ken Lay, CEO of the former Enron Oil and Gas. I advised them to be more sensitive to the politics and cultures of Third World countries. “Kenny Boy” in Enron told me if they didn’t like the way we conducted our business we would simply replace their politicians with opponents. I didn’t realize at the time that the same strategy was being applied to America and the developed world.

Decades later, when I tried to use my insights to inform policy in traditional environmental organizations I was told to focus on fundraising. Even when I argued that methods mattered and the only way to win the battle with Big Oil was legally and ethically, I was rebuffed.

Now I’m tired of the status quo and business as usual while the planet heats up. It’s time to force politicians and agencies to do their jobs. Now is the time for environmental organizations to remember their roots and measure their successes by results not headlines.

We have a strategic plan that we know will work. It is the only plan for which Big Oil has no defense. Join us and we’ll show you how to win this game turning our nation and the world toward justice and transparency.